From atanaka@demon.co.uk Sun Mar 26 08:01:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!atanaka From: atanaka@demon.co.uk (Andrei Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar26.080151.2102@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 08:01:51 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Andrei Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hkim@uu.net Mon Mar 27 08:31:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!hkim From: hkim@uu.net (Heather Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar27.083151.9732@uu.net> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 08:31:51 GMT References: <1995Mar26.080151.2102@demon.co.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar26.080151.2102@demon.co.uk>, atanaka@demon.co.uk (Andrei Tanaka) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Heather Kim "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1